2008-2016 Chrysler Town & Country 2008-2020 Dodge Caravan Door Lock Actuator Repair Relocation Hack
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2021
- My passenger rear sliding door lock actuator broke for the 3rd time. I hate replacing the original so I decided to relocate it to an easier to reach spot. I bought the actuator in the video for $12 on ebay. The connector was taken from a PC power supply that I had laying around. The spring over the rod required some bending and finessing in order to get the unlock/lock action to complete 100%. I know this thing will probably break again but if I get a year out of it it's worth it. Good luck! These are great vans and this has been the only real problem that keeps popping up.
I agree , stupid location for the actuator. It's be cool if it was accessible via a quick access panel. The car companies don't do this because the high failure part costs 1200-2000 to fix a door with a 50 dollar part.
The wires are different colors on mine. I noted that they are the large diameter wires in that loom.
It I very sad these parts are so poorly made. I can understand wear and tear, but I had my caravan less then 2 years before having this problem. If I had known it was prone to this problem I never would have bought this make of car. Just an unnecessary expense no owner should have to do, at least not in 20 yrs or so. I have a 2012 and it seems every year has this problem Chrysler dropped the ball on generally a great car to drive. Thanks for the video.
I’m trying to do this now, and I’m having no luck with the lock button, only unlock. It’s on the left side, and according to the wiring diagram, the unlock is tan/orange, and the lock is tan/purple, which is how I hooked it up. You said the top and second pins were lock and unlock and the bottom pin was ground in the video, but the wiring doesn’t seem to match the pins when I look at the way they’re taped together. Anyway, I tried it in all combinations and nothing will work with the lock button. I even tried all combinations directly to the battery terminals, and only the top two pins got it to open or close, the fourth pin is irrelevant. I figured connecting positive from the battery to the bottom pin and negative to the second would get it to lock but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. I’ve messed with this on and off for a week and am lost so I guess I’m just hoping there’s something simple I’m missing
Hi. Big question. You might know the answer. Just got for free a 06 Town & Country. Some rust. 175k miles but lots of maintenance. My question is about sliding doors. Both actually. They open/close from key fob, from inside buttons or center control buttons but not from de door handle. At least not by themself. They do manually. Not sure what could be the problem. I googled and googled but still dont have an answer. Maybe they are not even supposed to do that! So please lmk in case you have an advice at least where to start. Thank you
Were you able to lock and unlock it manually before you relocated the actuator? I ask because on my 2011 grand caravan I can not move the manual lever at all so I'm thinking my actuator is seized up, or does it start moving freely once the power is disconnected from it?
Yes I was able to lock/unlock manually. If it is seized up then you’ll need to dig in there. Have fun 😕
Good job! You for hire? I'm in Alabama and I need me a couple. Both side on my 08 are busted.
Mine moves but it’s not opening the door. What am I doing wrong?
Make sure the actuator is traveling the full distance. It can’t bind up on anything. In the video I had to add a spring in order to help it out.
I've done this repair twice and it's no fun!! I just did this modification today with the kit I bought from this company. Took about an hour to do. Only works if you can manually move the door lock. If it's jammed you can't use this fix.
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